I agree that the players have a responsibility, that’s not what I’m saying.
Do you not also see that those same players who Moyes has sparingly used might be a bit rusty when they are called upon as they have hardly played any football, so mistakes can happen?
The two things are linked, hence why I stated Moyes can get away with murder with some fans.
Both Moyes and the players who came on as subs, as well as some who were already on the pitch, need to take some responsibility. Moyes made those subs, I assume, to run down the clock a bit rather than for any tactical reasons, that's a risky approach particularly when neither Patterson or Alcaraz have had any real game time recently, but every manager does it. That being said, the panicked approach of some players, including Alcaraz, to seeing out the game was also poor and can't be entirely put at the feet of Moyes. The late goals against us are a big concern now, as they seem to be a regular fixture of our games, Moyes needs to be drilling the players on game management and the players need to be taking more responsibility in the latter stages of games, especially our senior players like
Tarkowski, Gana (I know he didn't play last night but he did play in the last two where we also conceded late goals), Garner,
Mykolenko,
Ndiaye, Beto etc....
